Poetry Explorer


Classic and Contemporary Poetry


THE SWORD by ABU BAKR OF MARRAKESH

First Line: MY SWORD I SHOOK
Last Line: AWAY, I SAID...

My sword I shook
Until
It glittered like a brook,
But frozen, still...

I watched it glow
As bright
As flaming fire, although
Extinguished quite.

Were it not cold
And dead,
It would have burned, or rolled
Away, I said...



Home: PoetryExplorer.net